2+ tartan kilt?

**Paul** · 17th September 09, 06:45 PM

Hi guys. I was thinking for a while today of what would make a really different and destinctive kilt and the best idea I had (that I actually liked) was a kilt with 2 or more tartans combined.
The main idea would be to perhaps just have one at the front but at the back have one pleat of one tartan and one of another in sequence. You could even go crazy and have each pleat with a different tartan!

I'm thinking of this stuff for a reason... If I sell something (that is considered traditional) within my collection I can afford a new kilt

so...
Am I crazy OR is it a good idea - but I'm still crazy for actually thinking about getting it?
(if anyones heard of this before go ahead and disappoint me!)

**ForresterModern** · 17th September 09, 06:59 PM

Catch 22---you have to be sane to think you are crazy, therefore you are not crazy, but if you were crazy, you wouldn't really care about whether you were sane or crazy.

**sydnie7** · 17th September 09, 07:02 PM

I'm afraid it would look a mess to most folks. But then a lot of what people younger than I wear these days looks a mess to me. . .

Before investing, you might try PhotoShopping something up to see how it looks to you.

There are also box-pleat style kilts with a different fabric in the pleat reveal -- typically a solid kilt with patterned reveal or sometimes vice versa. Something to consider.

As for the patchwork, Orvis sells a tartan patchwork vest that has gotten IMHO mostly negative reviews here.

**Sammac** · 17th September 09, 07:08 PM

Someone posted some pics of a solid colored kilt that had a different color on the inside of the pleats, but I can't remember what the kilts were called or who posted the pics. Could not find it searching either.

**Rex_Tremende** · 17th September 09, 07:29 PM

You mean like this?

Regards,
Rex.

**piperdbh** · 17th September 09, 07:44 PM

Perhaps a weathered tartan on the outside with the modern colors on the inside of the pleats would like nice. It would appear to have hung in the sun for a long time and faded on the outside, but the stronger modern colors would flash when the wearer moved. try buying the box of scraps from Rocky to experiment with.

**pdcorlis** · 17th September 09, 08:52 PM

Nice Rex,

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor - Kilt?

**Paul** · 18th September 09, 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

You mean like this?

Regards,
Rex.

Yes - but a lot more orderly!
Perhaps a blend of gradients of one colour in different tartans left to right on the pleats or something

**paulhenry** · 18th September 09, 04:52 AM

Should you be giving me ideas??

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

You mean like this?

Regards,
Rex.

**RockyR** · 18th September 09, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

You mean like this?

Regards,
Rex.

I'll take a shot at naming them. Matt... score me.

Stewart Hunting apron
Lindsay
Morrison
Campbell Dress
Royal Stewart
Davidson
MacDonald Dress
MacKenzie Anc
Stewart Dress Blue
Stewart of Appin Hntg
Gordon Modern
MacPherson
Buchanan
Cameron of Erracht (?)
Morrison (Again)
Lindsay (again)
Douglas
Red Fraser (BARELY visible)